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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | block, bug*, catch, check, delay, discontinuance, drawback, glitch*, hang-up, hindrance, hold-up, impediment, interruption, joker, mishap, snafu, snag, stoppage, stumbling block, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, chance, opening, opportunity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | bug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computer glitch |
| Synonyms: | breakdown, computer malfunction, defect, error, failure, fault, flaw, hitch, problem, something wrong, trouble |
| Notes: | a bug is a particular kind of insect, specifically belonging to the order Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) while insects generally belong to the class Insecta, which have bodies in three segments, usually two pairs or wings and three pairs of legs (like bees, mosquitoes); spiders are not technically insects because they have four pairs of legs insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, hidden disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, conundrum, deception, decoy, drawback, fly in the ointment, hitch, joke, puzzle, puzzler, snag, stumbling block, trap |
| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, bunch up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concatenate, concentrate, condense, conjoin, connect, densen, develop, federate, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, hitch on, hook up with, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, plug into, pool, reinforce, render solid, secure, set, slap on, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, tack on, tag on, team up with, thicken, throw in together, tie in, tie up with, unify |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join two things |
| Synonyms: | bracket, bring together, buckle, clasp, coalesce, cohabit, come together, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, harness, hitch, hook up, link, marry, match, pair, unite, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate, unbuckle, uncouple |
| Main Entry: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
| Synonyms: | adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, struggle, stumbling block, tribulation, trouble |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domesticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tame; habituate |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, domiciliate, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, housetrain, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke |
| Main Entry: | drawback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | check, defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disability, evil, failing, fault, flaw, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block, trouble, weakness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection |
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